The Celluloid Lounge Film is the ritual. People are the atmosphere.

The Vault · Website Evolution

The Homepage Catches Up

The homepage needed to catch up.

October 2026

For the last year, we’ve been building, mostly behind the scenes. There wasn’t much to show yet, and the website reflected that. In a way, we were hiding behind words—explaining what we hoped TCL would become.

Now we have things to share: screenings, filmmaker spotlights, short films, and community events. The homepage needed to catch up.

This redesign gives those things room to be seen and explored. It marks a point in TCL’s development where the experience we’ve been talking about is beginning to take shape.

Before the Redesign

The Earlier Homepage

The earlier Celluloid Lounge homepage, featuring the Film is the ritual. People are the atmosphere. headline
The earlier homepage, captured October 7, 2026. Preserved here as part of TCL’s website history.

After the Redesign

The Homepage Catches Up

The redesigned Celluloid Lounge homepage, featuring Screamwalkers and the Paper Ghosts filmmaker spotlight
The redesigned homepage, captured October 8, 2026. Screenings, filmmaker spotlights, short films, and community events become the focus of this stage of the site’s development.